A Syrian hermit was killed by gunfire at a Franciscan monastery in Syria. Armed gunmen attacked the monastery in Ghassanieh, a predominantly Christian village in the district of Jisr al-Shughur in the province of Idlib, near the border with Turkey. Reports suggest that Father Francois Mourad, who was a guest at St Anthony of Padua monastery, may have been killed by an errant bullet, or may have deliberately been shot by rebel troops who ransacked the monastery.